Drove car on interstate & when reached approx. 60 MPH, felt vibration & a shuddering; prepared to pull over but before I could do so, the right front tire exploded, as I literally watched my right front end come apart before my eyes; could hardly control steering but managed to pull off road to safety. After I had stopped, I got out & saw the whole tread of the tire in the road, along with parts of my car all over the place. I could have been killed! I called my husband who put spare tire on & I slowly drove it home & car died repeatedly during the drive we used battery cables to jumpstart, over & over again until we got it home & parked it. The next day the car would not start at all. I had the car towed (out of pocket) to local dealers service dept. (b'ham, al). Service man had to replace entire engine harness due to the harness being ripped out through the right front head light/pass front fender (about 3 feet ripped off). Service manager said he had never seen anything like this & that I should report it & try to have tire company pay for damages, etc. Engine harness destroyed, estimated cost $1890.50 to repair (not including body work which is estimated to be anywhere from another $1,500 to $2,000 in damages). The fender, front headlight and bumper will have to be replaced completely. I've made some arrangements to go ahead & get vehicle running, paying the costs of $1890.50 to get the car running again; again out of my own pocket. I can supply your office with a copy of the service manager's estimate & analogy of what happened to cause damages. I don't have the money to get vehicle completely restored & feel all damages should be reimbursed due to the faulty tire. Needless to say, I'm lucky to be alive since I could hardly control the car when it happened. Thank god the other drivers on the road saw me or it could have caused a multiple car accident, as many cars were traveling all lanes. I was in the middle lane & had to cross over the right lane to exit.
2001 Toyota Camry electrical complaints
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Vehicle hesitates when accelerating and stalls out when attempting to stop vehicle. Power brakes fail to work properly once call stalls out creating a hazard. No injuries or crashes to date but in fear of one occurring. Dealership has made many attempts to correct the problem with no success as of 11/11/04. Replaced the computer module, spark plugs, wires, fuel injectors & clean valves to no avail.
Consumer complained about cigarette lighter, and cell phone not working. Consumer felt that electrical wiring was defective.
Consumer states after parking vehicle, smoke came from under hood,then the vehicle caught on fire. Nlm
Vehicle stalled at 60 MPH. Dealer could not find a cause.*ak the A/C and the fun selector malfunctioned, but the dealer was unable to fix it. The vehicle starts and stalls immediately. The dealer installed a new circuit opening realy and the problem was solved.
Car sputters and kills while trying to start. Will start after a couple of attempts - this problem has been named the "cold start problem" by toyota.. Toyota has replaced the computer, fuel injectors, fuel pump, fuel regulator, spark plugs, cleaned the engine.....no good. Car is defective and they refuse to replace.
Vehicle sluggish starting . Feels like starting on 3 cylinders instead of 4. Dealer does not even offer spark plug replacement as in odi id#890522. Engine check light comes on as well .. Hasn't started backfiring ..yet.. Basically the same complaint as the aforementioned file. Takes two or three trie to start ..weather normal.
Engine check light comes on dashboard panel staying on continusouly. Dealership replaced computer part, and the problem is still occurs.
Brake lights come on in late p.m. Hours and recycle on and off till battery finally dies. Unknown if they come on automatically when driving. Has been to dealer 5 visits totalling 19 days, 3 times had to be towed due to dead battery. Dealer unable to find problem. Toyota customer notified 4 times, still no call back. Atty. Gen./mass. Lemon law notified also. Still waiting for my vehicle to be repaired--we hope!
While driving at 10mph vehicle stalled out and died without warning several times. Dealer was inspecting vehicle.
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